Current Cord Blood Treatable Diseases

Thirty years ago, cord blood stem cell transplants were considered experimental. Today they have become a standard of care for the treatment of more than 80 diseases. For some diseases, cord blood is deployed when all other therapies have failed. For others, cord blood/stem cell transplants are the only recognized therapies that provide curative treatment. Whether you are storing cord blood for your child’s sake or that of a family member, making this decision could be one of the most important things you can do to ensure health and longevity.

Below are the current diseases that are recognized as standard treatments in the United States:

Banking cord blood does not guarantee that any treatment will work. The treating physician will determine the feasibility of the use of newborn stem cells and whether they are applicable for a particular condition. The treating physician will also determine whether stem cells are most suitable coming from the individual or coming from a suitable donor (siblings of the same biological parents have a 25% chance of being a perfect match and a 50% chance of being a partial match; biological parents will always be a partial match). There is also no guarantee that treatments being studied in the laboratory, clinical trials, or other experimental treatments (including regenerative medicine applications) will be available in the future.